Publications

30. A. Lee, M. Son, M. Deegbey, M. D. Woodhouse, S. M. Hart, H. F. Beissel, P. T. Cesana, E. Jakubikova, J. K. McCusker, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Observation of Parallel Intersystem Crossing and Charge Transfer-State Dynamics in [Fe(bpy)3]2+ from Ultrafast 2D Electronic Spectroscopy, Chem. Sci., 14, 13140−13150 (2023).

Prior to BU

29. N. Yang, M. J. Ryan, M. Son, A. Mavrič, M. T. Zanni, Voltage-Dependent FTIR and 2D Infrared Spectroscopies within the Electric Double Layer Using a Plasmonic and Conductive Electrode, J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 2083−2091 (2023).

28. M. Son*, Z. T. Armstrong*, R. T. Allen, A. Dhavamani, M. S. Arnold, M. T. Zanni, Energy Cascades in Donor-Acceptor Exciton-Polaritons Observed by Ultrafast Two-Dimensional White-Light Spectroscopy, Nat. Commun., 13, 7305 (2022).

27. R. T. Allen, A. Dhavamani, M. Son, S. Kéna-Cohen, M. T. Zanni, M. S. Arnold, Population of Subradiant States in Carbon Nanotube Microcavities in the Ultrastrong Light-Matter Coupling Regime, J. Phys. Chem. C, 126, 8417−8424 (2022).

26. P. T. Cesana, B. X. Li, S. G. Shepard, S. I. Ting, S. M. Hart, C. M. Olson, J. I. Martinez-Alvarado, M. Son, T. J. Steiman, F. N. Castellano, A. G. Doyle, D. W. C. MacMillan, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, A Biohybrid Strategy for Enabling Photoredox Catalysis with Low-Energy Light, Chem, 8, 174−185 (2022).

25. M. Son, R. Moya, A. Pinnola, R. Bassi, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Protein-Protein Interactions Induce pH-Dependent and Zeaxanthin-Independent Photoprotection in the Plant Light-Harvesting Complex, LHCII, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 17577−17586 (2021).

24. A. M. Hancock*, M. Son*, M. Nairat, T. Wei, L. J. C. Jeuken, C. D. P. Duffy, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, P. G. Adams, Ultrafast Energy Transfer between Lipid-Linked Chromophores and Plant Light-Harvesting Complex II, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23, 19511−19524 (2021).

23. M. Son, S. M. Hart, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Investigating Carotenoid Photophysics in Photosynthesis with 2D Electronic Spectroscopy, Trends Chem., 3, 733−746 (2021).

22. H. J. Sayre, L. Tian, M. Son, S. M. Hart, X. Liu, D. M. Arias-Rotondo, B. P. Rand, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, G. D. Scholes, Solar Fuels and Feedstocks: The Quest for Renewable Black Gold, Energy Environ. Sci., 14, 1402−1419 (2021).

21. M. Son, A. Pinnola, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Zeaxanthin Independence of Photophysics in Light-Harvesting Complex II in a Membrane Environment, Biochim. Biophys. Acta −Bioenerg., 1861, 148115 (2020).

20. M. Son, A. Pinnola, S. C. Gordon, R. Bassi, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Observation of Dissipative Chlorophyll-to-Carotenoid Energy Transfer in Light-Harvesting Complex II in Membrane Nanodiscs, Nat. Commun., 11, 1295 (2020).

19. M. Son, A. Pinnola, R. Bassi, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, The Electronic Structure of Lutein 2 Is Optimized for Light Harvesting in Plants, Chem, 5, 575−584 (2019).

18. M. Son, S. Mosquera-Vázquez, G. S. Schlau-Cohen, Ultrabroadband 2D Electronic Spectroscopy with High-Speed, Shot-to-Shot Detection, Opt. Express, 25, 18950−18962 (2017).

17. Y. Ni, S. Lee, M. Son, N. Aratani, M. Ishida, A. Samanta, H. Yamada, Y.-T. Chang, H. Furuta, D. Kim, J. Wu, A Diradical Approach Towards BODIPY-Based Dyes with Intense Near-Infrared Absorption around λ = 1100 nm, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55, 2815−2819 (2016).

16. A. Nowak-Król, B. Fimmel, M. Son, D. Kim, F. Würthner, Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) Versus Excimer Formation in Supramolecular p/n-Heterojunctions of Perylene Bisimide Dyes and Implications for Organic Photovoltaics, Faraday Discuss., 185, 507−527 (2015)

15. D. Schmidt*, M. Son*, J. M. Lim, M.-J. Lin, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig, D. Kim, F. Würthner, Perylene Bisimide Radicals and Biradicals: Synthesis and Molecular Properties, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 13980−13984 (2015).

14. X. Shi, S. Lee, M. Son, B. Zheng, J. Chang, L. Jing, K.-W. Huang, D. Kim, C. Chi, Pro-Aromatic Bisphenaleno-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene Versus Anti-Aromatic Bisindeno-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene: Different Ground-State Properties and Applications in Field-Effect Transistors, Chem. Commun., 51, 13178−13180 (2015).

13. Z. Zeng, S. Lee, M. Son, K. Fukuda, P. Burrezo, X. Zhu, Q. Qi, R.-W. Li, J. T. López-Navarrete, J. Ding, J. Casado, M. Nakano, D. Kim, J. Wu, Push-Pull Type Oligo(N-annulated perylene)quinodimethanes: Chain Length and Solvent Dependent Ground States and Physical Properties, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 8572−8583 (2015).

12. M. Son, K. H. Park, M.-C. Yoon, P. Kim, D. Kim, Excited-State Vibrational Coherence in Perylene Bisimide Probed by Femtosecond Broadband Pump-Probe Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. A, 119, 6275−6282 (2015). 

11. M. Son, B. Fimmel, V. Dehm, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Folding-Induced Modulation of Excited-State Dynamics in an Oligophenylene-Ethynylene-Tethered Spiral Perylene Bisimide Aggregate, ChemPhysChem, 16, 1757−1767 (2015).

10. W. Zeng, S. Lee, M. Son, M. Ishida, K. Furukawa, P. Hu, Z. Sun, D. Kim, J. Wu, Phenalenyl-Fused Porphyrins with Different Ground States, Chem. Sci., 6, 2427−2433 (2015).

9. J. Luo, S. Lee, M. Son, B. Zheng, K.-W. Huang, Q. Qi, W. Zeng, G. Li, D. Kim, J. Wu, N-Annulated Perylene-Substituted and Fused Porphyrin Dimers with Intense Near-Infrared One-Photon and Two-Photon Absorption, Chem. Eur. J., 21, 3708−3715 (2015).

8. S. Ito, S. Hiroto, S. Lee, M. Son, I. Hisaki, T. Yoshida, D. Kim, N. Kobayashi, H. Shinokubo, Synthesis of Highly Twisted and Fully π-Conjugated Porphyrinic Oligomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 142−145 (2015).

7. B. Fimmel, M. Son, Y. M. Sung, M. Grüne, B. Engels, D. Kim, F. Würthner, Phenylene Ethynylene-Tethered Perylene Bisimide Folda-Dimer and Folda-Trimer: Investigations on Folding Features in Ground and Excited States, Chem. Eur. J., 21, 615−630 (2015).

6. M. Son, K. H. Park, C. Shao, F. Würthner, D. Kim, Spectroscopic Demonstration of Exciton Dynamics and Excimer Formation in a Sterically Controlled Perylene Bisimide Dimer Aggregate, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5, 3601−3607 (2014).

5. S. Das, S. Lee, M. Son, X. Zhu, W. Zhang, B. Zheng, P. Hu, Z. Zeng, Z. Sun, W. Zeng, R.-W. Li, K.-W. Huang, J. Ding, D. Kim, J. Wu, para-Quinodimethane-Bridged Perylene Dimers and Pericondensed Quaterrylenes: The Effect of the Fusion Mode on the Ground States and Physical Properties, Chem. Eur. J., 20, 11410−11420 (2014).

4. Y. M. Sung, B. Szyszko, R. Mysliborski, M. Stepien, J. Oh, M. Son, L. Latos-Grazynski, D. Kim, The Effect of π-Conjugation in the Macrocyclic Ring on the Photophysical Properties of a Series of Thiaaceneporphyrinoids, Chem. Commun., 50, 8367−8369 (2014).

3. Y.-H. Jeong, M. Son, H. Yoon, P. Kim, D.-H. Lee, D. Kim, W.-D. Jang, Guest-Induced Photophysical Property Switching of Artificial Light-Harvesting Dendrimers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 6925−6928 (2014).

2. R. Mishra, J. M. Lim, M. Son, P. Panini, D. Kim, J. Sankar, Tuning the Electronic Nature of Mono-Bay Alkynyl-Phenyl-Substituted Perylene Bisimides: Synthesis, Structure, and Photophysical Properties, Chem. Eur. J., 20, 5776−5786 (2014).

1. M. Son, Y. M. Sung, S. Tokuji, N. Fukui, H. Yorimitsu, A. Osuka, D. Kim, Control of the Conformational Dynamics of meso-meso Vinylene-Bridged Zn(II) Porphyrin Dimers through Diamine Coordination, Chem. Commun., 50, 3078−3080 (2014).